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A new species of Dendromonocotyle Hargis, 1955 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the skin of Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot) (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Argentine Sea

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Dendromonocotyle rajidicola n. sp. is described from the dorsal surface of the yellownose skate Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot) (Rajiformes) caught on the Argentine shelf. Dendromonocotyle rajidicola n. sp. can be distinguished from the other 17 species in the genus by the morphology of the distal portion of the male copulatory organ and by the unique morphology of the sclerotised proximal portion of the vagina. This is the first species of Dendromonocotyle to be described from a host in the Rajiformes and also the first record of this genus in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks are extended to the team of the Programa de Condrictios (INIDEP) for assisting in the collection of fish samples; to Dr Santiago Barbini (IIMyC), Dr Lorena Scenna (IIMyC) and Dr Daniel Figueroa (UNMdP) for providing literature about chondrichthyans.

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Financial support was provided by grants from CONICET (PIP # 112-201101-00036) and ANPCYT (PICT 2012 # 02094).

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  1. Laboratorio de Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMdP), Funes, 3350, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Manuel M. Irigoitia & Juan T. Timi

  2. Parasitology Section, The South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia

    Leslie A. Chisholm

  3. Marine Parasitology Laboratory, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DX 650 418), The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia

    Leslie A. Chisholm

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Irigoitia, M.M., Chisholm, L.A. & Timi, J.T. A new species of Dendromonocotyle Hargis, 1955 (Monogenea: Monocotylidae) from the skin of Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot) (Rajiformes: Rajidae) from the Argentine Sea. Syst Parasitol 93, 367–374 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-016-9624-1

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